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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, center, visits the National Health Command Center with Taiwanese Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung, left, at the Central Epidemic Command Center in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)World
Fighter jets sent by China ‘driven out’: Taiwan Air Force

China, which considers Taiwan to be a part of its terriroty, had promised unspecified retaliation to the US-' plan to...

10 Aug 2020 3:27 PM IST

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, and Taiwans President Tsai Ing-wen (right) speaks during a meeting in Taipei. (via @iingwen)World
US health chief offers ‘strong support and friendship’ to...

Washington had broken off official ties with Taiwan in 1979 in favour of Beijing

10 Aug 2020 11:28 AM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (AFP)World
Japan-'s history of forced labour haunts ties with other Asian...

Survivors of the camps, their families and supporters are still seeking compensation and atonement for the labour and...

10 Aug 2020 11:00 AM IST

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, second left, waves to media as he arrives at Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)World
Why is US-' highest-level visit to Taiwan sparking such anger from...

China is sensitive to any move that could amount to official recognition of Taiwan, such as when Tsai spoke to Trump...

10 Aug 2020 9:22 AM IST

Hong Kong media tycoon and founder of the Apple Daily newspaper Jimmy Lai (C) arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates Court for charges related to last years protests in Hong Kong. (AFP)World
Hong Kong-'s pro-democracy media mogul arrested under security law

Jimmy Lai owns the Apple Daily newspaper and Next Magazine, two outlets unapologetically pro-democracy and critical of...

10 Aug 2020 8:49 AM IST

US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. (AP)World
Trump official lands in Taiwan for highest-level visit in decades

China described the visit as a threat to ‘peace and stability’, while the defence minister warned against US making...

9 Aug 2020 3:11 PM IST

Nagasaki hopes for a \nuclear-free world\ on 75th anniversary of atomic bombingWorld
Nagasaki hopes for a -'nuclear-free world-' on 75th anniversary of...

On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was flattened in an atomic inferno three days after the first US atomic bombing in Hiroshima

9 Aug 2020 12:45 PM IST

High school students offer flowers for the victims of U.S. atomic bombing in front of a monument at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park in Nagasaki. (AP)World
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the first victims of atomic age

The twin bombings dealt the final blow to imperial Japan, which surrendered on August 15, 1945, bringing an end to World...

9 Aug 2020 12:04 PM IST

People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus as they ride the subway in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)World
US health chief will visit Taiwan to learn from its COVID-19 success...

The trip is a geopolitical chess move in US-' contentious relationship with China, which considers Taiwan part of its...

8 Aug 2020 11:21 AM IST

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks to the media about the new national security law introduced to the city at her weekly press conference in Hong Kong. (AFP)World
US imposes sanctions on pro-China leader Carrie Lam, other HK...

The officials are accused of cooperating with Beijing’s effort to undermine autonomy and crack down on freedom in Hong...

8 Aug 2020 10:11 AM IST

Interns and resident doctors stage a rally against the government medical policy in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)World
Doctors strike over plan to boost medical student numbers in South...

Doctors maintain South Korea already has enough medical professionals, but they should be better paid to encourage...

7 Aug 2020 1:54 PM IST

An employee wearing a protective gear disinfect to help curb the spread of the coronavirus at the Ryugyong Health Complexs public bath in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP)World
North Korea-'s strict measures raise fear of outbreak despite...

An exchange between the country and the United Nations provides new clarity about what might be happening in North Korea

6 Aug 2020 2:57 PM IST

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